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description: 'How Nitric deploys Key Value Stores to Azure'
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# Azure Resources - Key Value Stores

Nitric Key Value Stores are deployed to Azure using [Azure Cosmos DB](https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cosmos-db/).

## Azure Resources

The following resources are created when deploying Key Value Stores to Azure:

- Azure Table storage
- Azure Resource Group

## Deployment

During deployment the Nitric CLI builds your Key Value Stores as follows:

- The key value store definition and resource group are deployed using Azure Table storage.
